Amara (She/Her/Hers) is a generative artist & cultural dramaturg from Chicago. At the crux of her artistry is uplifting Black women and connecting underserved communities to theatrical experiences. Acting: Bernarda’s Daughters (The Lark), Annie Golden: Broadway Bounty Hunter (Barrington Stage Co.), NYTW, 54 Below, Joe’s Pub & others. She’s a member of Iconis & family. Playwriting: Last Ones First (Crux VR in association with Blair Russell Productions); When We Were gods (Blackboard collective + Kervigo Ensemble); Radio Roots Writers Group (The Parsnip Ship); inaugural member of the Showdogs playwriting collective, and a member of SHECreates NYC’s Myths and Legends program. Her work has been staged at The Drama League, The Dramatists Guild, Joe’s Pub, and The Wow Cafe Theatre. Producing: Theatre Communications Groups National Conference (2019). NYT’s Critic Pick, Jillian Walker’s SKiNFoLK (Associate Producer). YouTube Series, ‘Skinny & White’ Aren’t Character Traits. In This Paper I’ll Explain. Resist, check your privilege, & then give some space to Women of Color & Trans Folx. Ashé to the ancestors. All Power to all people. Website:https://linktr.ee/ajbrady Instagram: @bradynotthebunch

Jessie Rivera DeBruin (they/them) is a queer, non-binary, native New Yorker, Latinx playwright, documentary impact producer, and audience engagement strategist. Their work explores themes of queerness, identity, gender, race, diaspora, and family. Their play LUCIÉRNAGAS was a semi-finalist for the 2019 New Dramatists Princess Grace Award. It was selected to be recorded as part of The Parsnip Ship’s fifth season of radio dramas and is currently in development with National Queer Theatre. They are also a member of The Parsnip Ship’s inaugural Radio Roots Writers’ Group, where their play HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGEL DEAREST will soon be available to stream. As an Impact Producer they have worked with acclaimed documentaries including DISCLOSURE (Netflix), TRANS IN TRUMPLAND (Amazon), BEDLAM (PBS), and ROLL RED ROLL (Netflix). They hold a BA from Smith College.

Gina Femia’s work has been seen/developed at MCC Theater, Playwrights Horizons, EST, The Flea, Page 73, CTG, Theater of NOTE, Panndora Productions, among others. Plays include ALLOND(R)A (2019 Kilroys List, Winner: Leah Ryan Prize, Runner-up, Yale Drama Prize), THIS HAPPENED ONCE AT THE ROMANCE DEPOT OFF THE I-87 IN WESTCHESTER (2019 Kilroys List Honorable Mention), We Are a Masterpiece (Winner: The Doric Wilson Award, Stage Rights publishing), The Mermaids’ Parade (Finalist, American Blue Ink Award, Semifinalist, The Relentless Award, Finalist, Princess Grace Award), For The Love Of (Original Works Publishing), and The Violet Sisters (Great Plains Theatre Conference).

Gina is the 2020 Otis Guernsey New Voices award winner, a 2019-2022 Core Writer with the Playwrights Center, the 2019 Parity Commission Winner and a 2019-2020 member of Ingram New Plays Lab & Parsnip Ship’s Radio Roots writer’s group. She is an Alum of EST Youngblood, Page73’s Interstate 73, Pipeline Theatre’s PlayLab, New Georges’ Audrey Residency and Project Y’s Writer’s Group. Gina’s a New Georges Affiliated Artist and has received residencies with Page73, Powerhouse, NTI at the O’Neill, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and Fresh Ground Pepper. MFA, Sarah Lawrence College (Lipkin Prize in Playwriting).

Nina Ki is a Queerean (Queer + Korean) American playwright who was
born and raised in Los Angeles, but currently lives in Brooklyn. She graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2008 with a BFA in Dramatic Writing, and her plays have been read and presented nationwide, including with Queens Theatre,
Brave New World Repertory, The Classical Theater of Harlem, The Living Room Theater, the HBMG Foundation, InspiraTO, and Another Country Productions. Her play “Taemong (Birth Dream)” was a finalist for the Van Lier Fellowship, and recently her play “Moon Bear”
was given special consideration for the Relentless Award. Her work has been published in LGBT Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny, the In Full Color anthology, and YouthPLAYS.To contact her or learn more about her work, please visit her website at www.nina-ki.com